TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Families, friends, and supporters of Indiana
State athletics will gather Thursday evening as four Indiana State basketball
greats will be inducted into 21st class of the Indiana State University
Athletics Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the Sycamore Banquet Center in the
Hulman Memorial Student Union. The presenting sponsor of the event is Old National Bank.

Women’s
basketball All-American Melanie Boeglin will be joined by men’s basketball
greats Nate Green, Michael Menser, and Matt Renn when the class is inducted which
will begin at 7:15 p.m. (ET). A social time will begin the festivities at 6
p.m. with the dinner served at 6:30 p.m.

The
four will also be featured in the Indiana State Homecoming parade Saturday morning
in downtown Terre Haute and will be introduced during halftime ceremonies at
the Indiana State-Missouri State football game which kicks off at 3 p.m. (ET).

Boeglin
will become the 10th women’s basketball player at Indiana State to be inducted
into the Sycamore Athletics Hall of Fame. She will join Amy Amstutz, Barbara
(BJ) Graves, Amy Hile, Maybelle Steeg Lammers, Patricia Porter, and Denise
Sharps along with multi-sport athletes Jan Conner, Ann Elizabeth Reifel, and
Eleanor Forsythe St. John.

Boeglin
was a dominate player for Indiana State from 2002 to 2006 and received numerous
national and Missouri Valley Conference honors during her playing career. She
was the first athlete in the history of the MVC to win the Jackie Stiles Player
of the Year award and the Prairie Farms Women’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of
the Year award in the same season, both coming in 2006.

She
was also named to several All-American teams in 2006 including honorable
mention on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/Kodak All-American Team,
honorable mention on the Associated Press All-American Team, and third team on
The Sporting News All-American Team. She was also named a First Team Academic
All-American by ESPN the Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors
of American (CoSIDA).

Boeglin
was the 2005 MVC Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the
All-Defensive Team and All-Conference Team all four years at Indiana State. She
was also named to the 2003 MVC All-Freshman Team and was selected as the MVC
Player of the Week nine times.

During
her Sycamore career, Indiana State posted an 88-36 record, won or finished
second in the MVC regular season three times, and participated in the Women’s
National Invitation Tournament three times.

She
holds numerous ISU records including career steals (436), career assists (685),
career games player (124), and career free throws made (576), points scored in
a season (600 in 2005-2006), free throws made in a season (166 in 2005-2006),
assists in a season (237 in 2005-2006), steals in a season (123 in 2004-2005),
points scored in game (46 against Drake on Jan. 26,2006), and field goals made
in a game (19 against Drake on Jan. 26, 2006).

Green
played for Indiana State from 1996 to 2000 and was the first player to earn
Most Valuable Player recognition from the Missouri Valley Conference as a first
team member of the All-Conference team while also being the Most Valuable
Player as a first team member of the All-Defensive team.

He
led the 1999-2000 Sycamore team to their first outright Missouri Valley
Conference regular season title and the school’s first NCAA tournament bid in
21 years where ISU lost to Texas 77-61 in the West Region at Salt Lake City,
Utah, the same site of the last Sycamore NCAA appearance in 1979.

Green
was also an honorable mention All-MVC selection in 1998 and a second team pick
in 1999 while being named to the Men’s Basketball All-Academic team three
straight years.

He
holds or shares several Indiana State records including career steals (240),
steals in a season (92 in 1999-2000), and average steals per game in a season
(2.9 in 1999-2000). He also tied the single game school record with eight
steals against Eastern Illinois on Dec. 19, 1999. Green is also fourth in
career blocks (109) and fourth in career assists (496).

Menser
and Matt Renn were teammates throughout their basketball careers at Indiana
State as they played from 1997 to 2001.

Both
were on the 2000 team that made the school’s first NCAA appearance and won the first
MVC regular season title in 21 years. They followed that up by leading the
Sycamores to ISU’s first MVC tournament title since the 1979 season, their
second straight NCAA appearance, and the Sycamore’s first NCAA tournament win
(a 70-68 overtime win over Oklahoma in the South Region at Memphis, Tenn.)
since 1979.

Menser
was named to the MVC All-Newcomer Team in 1998, was named to the 2000 Honorable
Mention All-MVC team, and was named to the All-MVC second team in 2001. He was
also a three-time selection to the MVC Men’s Basketball All-Academic team three
straight years.

He
was named the Most Outstanding Player of the MVC Tournament in 2001 after averaging
21.0 points and 6.3 assists over the Sycamores three-game championship run. He
also led the nation in assist/turnover ratio as a senior (184/46, 4:1) and
recording nine turnover-less games during the season.

He
holds the school record in career three point field goals made (283) and career
three point field goals attempted (727) while also holding the top spot in
three point field goals made in a season (92 in 2000-2001) and three point
field goals attempted in a season (239 in 2000-2001). Menser also finished his
career fourth in steals (188) and fifth in assists (184).

Renn
was an All-MVC first team selection in 2001 after being a second team pick in
2000. He was a four-time MVC Men’s Basketball All-Academic team selection and
was named a 2001 CoSIDA Academic All-American.

He
twice led the Sycamores in scoring and rebounding with 523 points and 248
rebounds during the 2000-2001 season and 301 points and 184 rebounds during the
1998-1999 campaign. He also led the team in rebounding during the 1999-2000
season with 233.

Renn
finished his Indiana State career as the fourth best rebounder (789 career
rebounds) and ninth in points scored (1,347). He was also fifth in steals (165)
and seventh in assists (426).